of November 9, 2000 No. ZR-97
About television and radio
Accepted by National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on October 9, 2000
1. This Law establishes the status of broadcasting companies (TV companies and radio companies), regulates procedure for their basis, procedure for licensing and management of TV companies, the bases of emergence of the rights and obligations of the relations arising during creation and activities of broadcasting companies.
1. The legislation of the Republic of Armenia on television and radio includes the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, this Law, the Laws of the Republic of Armenia "About mass information", "About electronic communication", "About copyright and related rights", "About language", "About advertizing", other legal acts and the international agreements of the Republic of Armenia regulating the information sphere.
2. If international treaties of the Republic of Armenia establish other regulations, than it is provided by this Law, then regulations of international treaties are applied.
In this Law the following basic concepts are used:
TV and radio broadcasting – distribution of images and (or) sounds or their conventional signs by means of electromagnetic waves or wire broadcasting (inclusive, by means of cable (fiber) or wireless broadcasting (inclusive, on-air broadcasting of radio, television or satellite communication) so that these images or sounds became available to the public;
the telecast – the material of limited duration containing extended on television or radio of the image and (or) sounds in the live or fixed type which in sense of content and the organization independent and complete, is considered object of the author's and (or) related right;
TV program – the set of telebroadcasts, advertizing and other materials provided for broadcasting in the sequence which is in advance determined by broadcasting company;
the license of TV and radio broadcasting – the written permission which grants the right to perform broadcasting (repeated broadcasting) of teleradio programs,
broadcasting company (TV company and (or) radio company) – the legal entity who broadcasts or peretranslirut teleradio programs and bears responsibility for accomplishment of this Law and other legal acts;
licensed person – person who obtained the license for TV and radio broadcasting (rebroadcasting) according to this Law;
TV program of national production – the program made by the companies making telebroadcasts, operating in the territory of the Republic of Armenia or made by request of physical person or legal entity of the Republic of Armenia or translated to Armenian;
own TV program - the program, the right to which use belongs to this broadcasting company;
subscriber broadcasting – broadcasting which is provided and is available to persons which are in contractual relations with the speaker;
rebroadcasting – synchronous broadcasting of teleradio programs of other broadcasting company or the subsequent broadcasting which is already broadcast and fixed (audio and (or) video) other licensed persons;
broadcasting zone – the territory within which broadcasting companies, according to the operating technical criterions, provide broadcast of sound, visual and audiovisual information or distribution of data (additional information);
the additional information – other subtitrovy, graphical, sound information accompanying the main program;
the official report (information) – officially the provided information on activities of the President, National assembly, Government, state bodies and local government bodies, Central Election Commission and the Central bank relating to domestic and foreign policy of the state, interests of society, emergency states;
transfer into sign language - simultaneous interpretation of the telecast on sign language
the interconnected persons – the spouse, parents, children, sisters, brothers;
multiplex – set of several teleradio programs and the additional information, united in single flow of digital information which is transferred on one channel of digital broadcasting network;
Ceased to be valid according to the Law of the Republic of Armenia of 09.11.2017 No. ZR-152
digital broadcasting network – set of distribution of multiplexes and (or) broadcasting infrastructure (the equipment, the broadcasting stations and broadcast channels) which provides digital broadcasting to the territories of the Republic of Armenia;
the private multiplexer – the legal entity licensed by the Commission who provides distribution of multiplex or technical operation of broadcasting infrastructure,
The public multiplexer – the legal entity, performs operation of Public digital broadcasting network;
Public digital broadcasting network - the digital broadcasting network which is property of the Republic of Armenia or the company for 100 percent of the belonging Republic of Armenia;
local TV company - the TV company operating till January first, 2015 and continuing activities within conditions of the license.
monitoring – the observation performed in the purpose of identification of compliance of implementation of the actual activities of TV companies and radio companies to requirements of the law and the license;
Direct observation – the monitoring performed by viewing and video of the telebroadcasts broadcast by TV companies or radio companies.
1. In the Republic of Armenia the liberty of choice, productions and distribution of teleradio programs is guaranteed. Censorship of teleradio programs is prohibited.
2. Everyone has the right to freely obtain teleradio programs and the additional information, inclusive, by means of satellite, cable (wire) networks, free or paid decoders, and also open telebroadcasting networks.
3. The state creates necessary conditions and takes measures for broadcasting of programs of Public broadcasting company for all territory of the Republic of Armenia (at least 1 TV channel and 1 radio channel).
4. The company performing on-air TV and radio broadcasting in regions of coincidence of the corresponding zones of broadcasting shall not limit the right of people to receipt of other teleradio programs.
1. Language of the teleradio programs broadcast in the territory of the Republic of Armenia is literary Armenian, the cases except for established by this Law. Broadcasting companies shall provide purity of language of the programs.
2. The teleradio rates organized for the purpose of training of foreign languages and also songs and other pieces of music can be broadcast without transfer into Armenian.
3. Use by licensed persons of names of broadcasting companies, announcements and other basic data only in foreign language is forbidden. Provisions of this Article do not extend to the teleradio programs broadcast abroad and programs in languages of ethnic minorities.
The public TV company and private broadcasting companies operating in the territory of the Republic of Armenia which broadcast also nurseries and (or) information TV programs shall provide availability of receipt of possible information to the deaf public in the programs, in daily broadcasting time to broadcast at least, than on one children's and information programs with transfer into sign language or subtitlings in Armenian.
1. Operation of this Law extends to the relations connected with implementation of broadcasting of teleradio programs.
1. Broadcasting of teleradio programs in the territory of the Republic of Armenia is performed based on the license. Broadcasting without license is performed by public TV company and public radio company and speakers based on the interstate agreement.
2. In case of distribution of information prepared by broadcasting companies by other mass media, the reference to these mass media is obligatory.
3. Not own telebroadcasts can be broadcast only in the presence of the documents certifying the right to their broadcasting.
Complete broadcast of information on production and the author of telebroadcast (subtitlings, sound representation) is obligatory.
1. Broadcasting per one TV channel (radio channel) of telebroadcasts of national production by broadcasting companies cannot be less than 55 percent of general monthly broadcasting time.
2. Provisions of this Article do not extend to cases (individual) of subscriber broadcasting, cable (wire) television or satellite television.
1. Programs of foreign broadcasting companies can peretranslirovatsya completely in the territory of the Republic of Armenia based on the interstate agreement or the license, the granted Commission on television and radio (further – the Commission) to the respeaker.
2. The broadcasting companies licensed in the Republic of Armenia can peretranslirovat programs of foreign broadcasting companies on contractual bases.
3. Broadcast of advertizing, inclusive, broadcast of the rebroadcast advertizing is prohibited during rebroadcast of teleradio programs of foreign broadcasting companies in the territory of the Republic of Armenia. Other regulations can be established by the law or international treaties.
1. During the period established by the law for implementation of election propaganda (preparation for referendum) before elections (referendum):
1) telebroadcasts are broadcast according to the legislation on elections (referenda);
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The document ceased to be valid since August 7, 2020 according to article 60 of the Law of the Republic of Armenia of August 5, 2020 No. ZR-395